Cross-examination of #Manochio was extremely brief.
Next witness, Tracey #Menzies, works at HarperCollins, a publishing company.
As happened on Tues, prosecution shows a book authored by #Trump, "Think Big: Make it Happen in Business and Life." The cover image shows Trump shouting. The witness, Tracey Menzies, says of the cover, "His name is quite large."
#NodFarter is snoozing through this testimony.
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#Manochio’s testimony appears to be leading to showing the jury some of the checks that #Trump signed as he sought to reimburse #MichaelCohen in installments for the #HushMoney payment to #StormyDaniels.
The judge tells the jurors that the trial is proceeding on schedule, perhaps a little ahead of schedule, w/ prosecutors set to conclude their case in about 2 weeks.
#Manochio testifies that she sent the checks to #Trump via his 2 aides - #KeithSchiller & #JohnMcIntee - at their HOME ADDRESSES.
It isn’t yet clear why prosecutors are presenting this, but it seems sketchy as hell, a clear effort to keep the checks Manochio was sending Trump outside any ofcl record by the #WhiteHouse.
#Manochio testified that she handled Trump’s checks so frequently that she could recognize his signature.
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#Manochio says that at some point the person she was sending checks to changed from Schiller to John McEntee.
Asked who that was, she said, "Couldn't tell ya." #McEntee was a #Trump adviser & ally who was brought back to the #WhiteHouse in early 2020 (at the end of his term), as Trump tried to restaff w/ loyalists who would assist his attempt to retain power illegally.
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Prosecutors like to connect each witness to multiple other witnesses, to show that this cast of characters is an ensemble, & not just individuals who were randomly chosen to testify. Here, we're hearing about Rebecca #Manochio sending unsigned checks to #Trump through #KeithSchiller, his personal #bodyguard. #StormyDaniels just told a story in which Schiller was a character.
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#Manochio testifies about her involvement in the sending of checks between the #TrumpOrganization & the #Trump #WhiteHouse. This is important for prosecutors as they seek to tie Trump to the repayments to #MichaelCohen, which came in the form of checks, including many signed by Trump himself. The jury has heard a lot of testimony about how Trump was careful to keep an eye on his money.
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#Manochio testifies that #Trump & #AllenWeisselberg spoke "every day." This will be something prosecutors press to highlight the unlikelihood that Trump didn’t know he was signing off on reimbursements to #MichaelCohen.
Weisselberg, prosecutors said, worked out the details of the repayments to Cohen on Trump's behalf. We have already seen Weisselberg's handwritten notes on how exactly to repay Cohen for the #HushMoney.
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A new witness, Rebecca #Manochio, has taken the stand. Manochio is a junior bookeeper at the #TrumpOrganization. She is being questioned by Rebecca #Mangold, a prosecutor.
Manochio is describing working for #JeffreyMcConney, the #TrumpOrg corporate controller who testified earlier in the trial, & #AllenWeisselberg, the fmr CFO who is currently in #jail.
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